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S PATN @ICE l HENRY ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING-SADDLE.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 15,681, dated September 9, 1856.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY ADAMS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ladies Riding-Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had `to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective `view of a ladys saddle constructed after my invention. Fig. 2, is a plan of the same. Fig. 3, is a front view of the tree upon ,which the saddle is constructed. Fig. 4, represents a lady ricling on horseback with my improved saddle. Fig. 5, also represents a lady riding horseback, but with an ordinary saddle.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several gures indicate corresponding parts.

Before stating my invention, I deem it proper to remark that ever since the invention of the ladys riding saddle, the nearside-horn (a,) has been secured in the head of the tree, and the leaping-horn (5,) set some distance from and below it, as

Vshown in Fig. 5, and that owing to this,

the lady is obliged, while sitting upon the saddle to have her legs stretched uncomfortably far apart, and her right leg thrown up and turned in a very awkward and tiresome position, as may be evident from Fig. 5, of the drawing; while the left leg hugs under the leaping horn (19,) and its foot rests in the stirrup and has but a poor hold, owing to the position of the stirrup relatively to the near horn (a.) Thus sitting in the saddle renders it necessary for the lady to bend her body ungracefully forward in order to hug tightly to the horns with her legs and consequently the `weight is thrown back too far and the head of the tree forced to the left side and the horse injured across the loins and on the right side of the Withers. It is also necessary, owing to the near horn being so high to pad the back part of the saddle several inches in order to'obtain a horizontal seat and the saddle is thus rendered clumsy and has its leverage increased to such an extent that the weight and motion ofthe rider and her awkward position cause the saddle very often to slip around to the oifside and throw the lady, in a very dangerous manner, ofi' the horse.

My invention is designed to obviate the thus serve as a rest and support for the left leg while riding at a slow gait.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a.

tree A., very similar in form to that used in making a mans saddle. To this tree I rivet the near side horn, which is of the form shown 1n Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, of the drawing. This horn,-when on the tree, sets diagonally on one side of and a little back of the tree head, being attached to the left front bar e, and left side bar j", as shown, in order to have a firm support; it may, however, be attached simply to the side bar or the front bar as deemed necessary or best. To the underside of the near horn, I attach the leaping horn b, loosely by means of a pin g, in the manner shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4. And owing to thus placing this horn, the stirrup strap is brought near the left leg, or attached at it, Fig. 2, and the stirrup thus brought in a position which enables a rider to get a firmer foot hold than when the strap is placed in the ordinary posit-ion relatively to the horns.

By examining Fig. 4, of the drawings, the manner in which a lady rides on a saddle made after my invention will be seen, and by comparing said figure with Fig. 5, the utility of my invention and superiority of the same, will be evident. In sitting upon my saddle the legs of the lady are brought nearly close together one over the near horn and the other under the leaping horn, her right foot is not twisted. or turned and her body is erect and in an elegant posture, and she rides with the great-- est ease and conscious safety, as she can hug the horse with her legs, without the least change in the position of the body or inconvenience, in the irmest manner. Thus sitting upon the horse enables the lady to ride a greater length of time without being fatigued or feeling lame for some time after more work in it than an ordinary mans sadriding. It also saves the horse from being injured across the loins, as the weight is not thrown so far back as when riding in the old saddle, owing to the position of the right leg being brought below the head of the tree as in Fig. 4, instead of thrown up above it as shown in Fig. 5. The horse is likewise saved by the peculiar construction of the saddle head and the position of the rider, from being injured on the right side of the withers as the tendency to force the tree head to the left side is overcome by the position of the body to a very great extent.

Besides the foregoing benefits, to the rider and horse, derived from my invention, simplicity in construction, having very little dle, lightness and elegance in appearance and ease in fitting are secured and the ladys riding saddle placed at as low a price almost, f

as an ordinary mans saddle with which it bears a great similaritywhen the horns are removed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The arranging of the near side horn a, with the leaping horn b, attached directly to it, on the side of the tree or saddle, near the kfront and a short distance below the head of the same, substantially as and for t-he purpose herein set forth.

2. Having the leaping horn attached loosely to the near side horn, so as to be capable of being reversed and thus made to serve as a support or rest for the left leg while riding at a slow gait.

HENRY ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WM. TUsoH. J. F. BUCKLEY. 

